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1 /*
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2 *
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3 * This file is part of FFmpeg.
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4 *
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5 * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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6 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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7 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
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8 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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9 *
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10 * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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11 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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12 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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13 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
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14 *
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15 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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16 * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
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17 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
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18 */
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19
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20 /**
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21 * @file
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22 * Public dictionary API.
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23 * @deprecated
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24 * AVDictionary is provided for compatibility with libav. It is both in
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25 * implementation as well as API inefficient. It does not scale and is
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26 * extremely slow with large dictionaries.
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27 * It is recommended that new code uses our tree container from tree.c/h
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28 * where applicable, which uses AVL trees to achieve O(log n) performance.
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29 */
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30
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31 #ifndef AVUTIL_DICT_H
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32 #define AVUTIL_DICT_H
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33
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34 /**
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35 * @addtogroup lavu_dict AVDictionary
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36 * @ingroup lavu_data
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37 *
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38 * @brief Simple key:value store
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39 *
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40 * @{
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41 * Dictionaries are used for storing key:value pairs. To create
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42 * an AVDictionary, simply pass an address of a NULL pointer to
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43 * av_dict_set(). NULL can be used as an empty dictionary wherever
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44 * a pointer to an AVDictionary is required.
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45 * Use av_dict_get() to retrieve an entry or iterate over all
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46 * entries and finally av_dict_free() to free the dictionary
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47 * and all its contents.
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48 *
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49 * @code
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50 * AVDictionary *d = NULL; // "create" an empty dictionary
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51 * av_dict_set(&d, "foo", "bar", 0); // add an entry
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52 *
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53 * char *k = av_strdup("key"); // if your strings are already allocated,
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54 * char *v = av_strdup("value"); // you can avoid copying them like this
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55 * av_dict_set(&d, k, v, AV_DICT_DONT_STRDUP_KEY | AV_DICT_DONT_STRDUP_VAL);
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56 *
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57 * AVDictionaryEntry *t = NULL;
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58 * while (t = av_dict_get(d, "", t, AV_DICT_IGNORE_SUFFIX)) {
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59 * <....> // iterate over all entries in d
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60 * }
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61 *
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62 * av_dict_free(&d);
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63 * @endcode
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64 *
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65 */
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66
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67 #define AV_DICT_MATCH_CASE 1
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68 #define AV_DICT_IGNORE_SUFFIX 2
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69 #define AV_DICT_DONT_STRDUP_KEY 4 /**< Take ownership of a key that's been
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70 allocated with av_malloc() and children. */
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71 #define AV_DICT_DONT_STRDUP_VAL 8 /**< Take ownership of a value that's been
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72 allocated with av_malloc() and chilren. */
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73 #define AV_DICT_DONT_OVERWRITE 16 ///< Don't overwrite existing entries.
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74 #define AV_DICT_APPEND 32 /**< If the entry already exists, append to it. Note that no
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75 delimiter is added, the strings are simply concatenated. */
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76
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77 typedef struct AVDictionaryEntry {
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78 char *key;
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79 char *value;
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80 } AVDictionaryEntry;
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81
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82 typedef struct AVDictionary AVDictionary;
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83
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84 /**
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85 * Get a dictionary entry with matching key.
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86 *
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87 * @param prev Set to the previous matching element to find the next.
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88 * If set to NULL the first matching element is returned.
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89 * @param flags Allows case as well as suffix-insensitive comparisons.
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90 * @return Found entry or NULL, changing key or value leads to undefined behavior.
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91 */
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92 AVDictionaryEntry *
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93 av_dict_get(AVDictionary *m, const char *key, const AVDictionaryEntry *prev, int flags);
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94
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95 /**
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96 * Get number of entries in dictionary.
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97 *
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98 * @param m dictionary
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99 * @return number of entries in dictionary
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100 */
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101 int av_dict_count(const AVDictionary *m);
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102
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103 /**
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104 * Set the given entry in *pm, overwriting an existing entry.
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105 *
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106 * @param pm pointer to a pointer to a dictionary struct. If *pm is NULL
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107 * a dictionary struct is allocated and put in *pm.
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108 * @param key entry key to add to *pm (will be av_strduped depending on flags)
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109 * @param value entry value to add to *pm (will be av_strduped depending on flags).
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110 * Passing a NULL value will cause an existing entry to be deleted.
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111 * @return >= 0 on success otherwise an error code <0
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112 */
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113 int av_dict_set(AVDictionary **pm, const char *key, const char *value, int flags);
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114
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115 /**
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116 * Parse the key/value pairs list and add to a dictionary.
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117 *
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118 * @param key_val_sep a 0-terminated list of characters used to separate
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119 * key from value
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120 * @param pairs_sep a 0-terminated list of characters used to separate
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121 * two pairs from each other
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122 * @param flags flags to use when adding to dictionary.
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123 * AV_DICT_DONT_STRDUP_KEY and AV_DICT_DONT_STRDUP_VAL
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124 * are ignored since the key/value tokens will always
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125 * be duplicated.
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126 * @return 0 on success, negative AVERROR code on failure
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127 */
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128 int av_dict_parse_string(AVDictionary **pm, const char *str,
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129 const char *key_val_sep, const char *pairs_sep,
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130 int flags);
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131
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132 /**
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133 * Copy entries from one AVDictionary struct into another.
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134 * @param dst pointer to a pointer to a AVDictionary struct. If *dst is NULL,
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135 * this function will allocate a struct for you and put it in *dst
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136 * @param src pointer to source AVDictionary struct
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137 * @param flags flags to use when setting entries in *dst
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138 * @note metadata is read using the AV_DICT_IGNORE_SUFFIX flag
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139 */
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140 void av_dict_copy(AVDictionary **dst, AVDictionary *src, int flags);
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141
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142 /**
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143 * Free all the memory allocated for an AVDictionary struct
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144 * and all keys and values.
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145 */
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146 void av_dict_free(AVDictionary **m);
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147
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148 /**
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149 * @}
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150 */
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151
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152 #endif /* AVUTIL_DICT_H */